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News Release: Each year, nearly 300,000 volunteers collectively contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service at our national parks.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Chip Slaven, Viola Garcia, and Nina Jankowicz to appear before the Committee for a deposition. Each official has ignored voluntary requests for a transcribed interview.
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News Release: TADASHI TATSUI. Family # 1223. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 6-14-5 and 28-14-1. My father came to the United States in 1919 from Hiroshima with his two older brothers. Mother came later. Dad did many jobs like most immigrants - farming, produce stand, gardening. After World War II, Dad packed goods in...
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News Release: HAYAO “HY" SHISHINO. Family # 9361. Camp: Gila River, AZ. Address: 33-9-C. Fumio Shishino, my father, came to America from Kagoshima, Japan in 1910. He worked for many years in various jobs as a laborer and picking fruit. My father returned to Japan in 1919 to marry my mother, Toshi Kodama Shishino. He...
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News Release: JUN OKIMOTO. Family # 3690. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 31-1-4. We lived in Glendale, CA, before we were evacuated to Manzanar War Relocation Center. My father was a gardener and my mother ran a boarding house for men working at the fruit stands and as gardeners. I attended Hoover High School and participated...
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News Release: MAS SEGIMOTO. Family # 4524. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 10-5-4. My father Katsutaro Segimoto came to the United States in 1906 and my mother Kiso Dakeno in 1920. Both came from the Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. The marriage was arranged by their parents in Japan and my mother came to this country as a...
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News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Robert Vandori Johnson, age 40, of Aurora, was sentenced to more than 19.5 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement this morning from the Postal Service reporting a net loss of $5 billion for FY 2013...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. Amenities. 1 listed. Benches/Seating. To the right of the trail is a bench for visitors to take a break on. While relaxing make sure to take in the surrounding wilderness. Across from the bench there is a Yaupon holly bush. This is a common shrub we see in the park...
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News Release: MARY M. TERAMOTO. Family # 29536. Camp: Jerome, AR (Address: 41-3-F) and Rohwer, AR (4-8-F). My mother Asano was born in Hawaii, which made her an American citizen. Her parents returned to Japan when she was nine. My father Sawataro Teraoka worked as a tailor in Japan until a depression forced him and...
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News Release: ROSE MATSUI OCHI. Family # 12732. Camp: Rohwer, AR. Address: 12-9-F. Written using Rose Ochi’s oral history interview. My father Yoshiaki Matsui was born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1900. After Chinese indentured laborers built the railroads in the West, Japanese like his father and uncle were brought in to...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Located to the right of the overlook stands a wayside that gives more information about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the work they did here. The sign also has images of the 1437th Company that...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. In front of you on either side of the trail is some of the remnants of the CCC encampment that was here.The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by Congress on March 31, 1933, was a nationwide program that provided jobs for young, unemployed men during...
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News Release: Washington, DC-Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2481, the Veterans Economic Opportunity Act of 2013, which included provisions introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to significantly expand home foreclosure protections for servicemembers, their families, and disabled veterans.
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News Release: SABURO SASAKI. Family # 3831. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 36-7-1. My father came to Hawaii as a labor hand at the age of 17 in 1896. Later he moved to the mainland in 1904. My father returned to Japan to marry my mother and returned to the United States in 1923. They lived in Venice, CA and found work...
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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. In the 1930's, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) were tasked with creating recreation areas around the United States. The 1437th Company, comprised of ~200 men, moved to Ocean Springs from Quitman, Mississippi on May 23, 1938 to start work June 20, 1938. The...
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News Release: King’s Daughters Home, North Carolina. It is often easier to accommodate solar hot water systems than photovoltaic systems on historic properties because fewer panels are necessary. Solar hot water can often operate utilizing only a few panels, while photovoltaic systems often require multiple arrays...
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News Release: Old Hilton Hotel, New Mexico. In this project, solar panels were installed on the rooftop of a historic hotel building that is a large and prominent landmark in the community. Initially, the panels were set at an angle that created a new sawtooth feature that detracted from the roofline and distinctive...
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News Release: MITSURU J. NAKAMURA. Family # 2689. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 33-4-2. Jingo Nakamura, my father, came to America in 1918 at the age of 16. He worked on the railroad with his father and his brothers. After the exclusion act was passed my father returned to Japan to get a wife. My mother, Michie Inadomi...
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News Release: Vermont Residence. The gable end of this historic apartment building faces the street. Low profile solar collectors for a water heating system were flush mounted on the sloped roof on the south side of the gable. Though visible, these few panels have relatively little impact on the historic character...